September 23, 2017 at 2:30pm at the Stata Center (32 Vassar St) in room 32-123

Collegiate esports teams from Peking University and Nanjing Institute of Technology to play two popular MOBA esports games, League of Legends and Kings of Glory, with students from the MIT League of Legends Club!

In attendance, and coaching the Peking University LOL team, will be Yu “Misaya” Jingxi (ex-captain of Team WE-the first Chinese world champion of LOL).

Playing Kings of Glory are “LLM” from Nanjing Institute of Technology, champions of the third Kings of Glory National Campus League.

This event is FREE to the public, and taking place during the Boston Festival of Indie Games. Doors open at 2:30pm with the first match of League of Legends starting at 3:00pm.

September 24, 2017 at 2:30pm at the Stata Center (32 Vassar St) in room 32-141

Distinguished guests in the business and study of esports will discuss the topic the “Positive Values of Esports” — what we think these values might be and how we can encourage them in our esports games, competitions, and communities.

We invite the general public to come listen to this discussion and think about what we can do as players, tournament organizers, community members, game developers, broadcasters, commentators, and publishers to support social values in esports.

As Studio Manager for the MIT Game Lab, Rik Eberhardt spends his days playing Tetris: with people, boxes, tasklists, equipment, and time. When not staring at a spreadsheet trying to fit in another computer purchase, a last minute event budget, or placing undergraduate researchers on a Game Lab project, he's chipping away at spreadsheets on his DS, reproducing pixel-art in Picross and Picross 3D. His favorite moments on the job are working on projects with student workers and having fun social interactions forced on him despite his busy schedule.
Contact him about research projects at the MIT Game Lab at gamelab-request@mit.edu